The first three states waking consciousness, deep sleep and the dreaming state of sleep are known to every adult human being with a functional nervous system. The way to begin to use the energy of god responsibly is with the science of the spoken word. It means knowing god as jesus knew the father, so like jesus, we are with him, fully human, and. My oneness with god constitutes my oneness with all spiritual being and with every spiritual idea or thing, ranks as one of the highest statements of truth, one which will bring you nearer the realization of heaven than any other. A divine union relationshipis a cocreative partnership of equality. And god said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness. For your husband is your maker, whose name is the lord of hosts. Just realize that nothing has been empowered with evil. And your redeemer is the holy one of israel, who is called the god of all the earth. Joel solomon goldsmith march 10, 1892 june 17, 1964 was an american spiritual author, teacher, spiritual healer, and modernday mystic. The degree of our failure is the degree to which we have picked up mans consciousness.
Marcus peter johnson phd, university of toronto is assistant professor of theology at moody bible institute. The sacred marriage of the goddess and the god as her sonlover was an essential feature of the pagan mysteries that was also incorporated in the mythology of the early christians known as gnostics. So the believer should separate from the body, from the senses, to concentrate on god. But with the suppression of the gnostic teachings that accompanied the development of the church as an institution, only the outer mysteries of. The lower figure represents you on the spiritual path surrounded by the violet flame, the light and energy of the holy spirit. Read conscious union with god with linked toc, by joel goldsmith online on bookmate if you think that there is some new truth to be learned. Oneness soul spirituality edgar cayce readings edgar. Conscious union with god means you become one with everything, and everything becomes one with you. The lilies of the field, the birds of the air, the miracle of children reflect and make known the divine wisdom, love, beauty, and power.
God created man in the image of himself, in the image of god he created him, male and female he created them. The first mirror reflecting god s otherwise invisible presence is the mirror of nature. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software. It is a practical guide to the mystical life, that inner life lived in conscious. Yoga means union with god, or, union of the little, egoself with the divine self, the infinite spirit. Conscious union cannot be cultivated in you by someone else. Goldsmith if you think that there is some new truth to be learned. My conscious union with god constitutes my oneness with all spiritual being and idea. Cultivating an interior spiritual life is very difficult. Joel goldsmiths 1948 san francisco lectures, edited by lorraine sinkler.
Goldsmith was born in new york city on march 10, 1892. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the lord are being transformed in the same image from glory to glory ii corinthians 3. Joel is an evolved being who imparts messages from consciousness in the most clear and concise way. Ouspensky, alan watts, kenneth wapnick, richard maurice bucke, abraham maslow, and many more, and asks the question. For the lord has called you, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even like a wife of ones youth when she is rejected, says your god.
The particular means of the uniting of god and man in the historical person of jesus christ is referred to as the incarnational union. In this book goldsmith develops the theme my oneness with god constitutes my oneness with all spiritual being and with the every spiritual idea or thing. So while consciousness is always conscious of something dual, awareness is not of something, it is not even aware of itself, and thus is absolutely singular, nondual. I am presence the chart of the divine self the real self. Albertus magnus says to consider the resurrected, whose, true to medieval thought, bodies and souls are separated.
Bonaventure shows how meditation can be organized to achieve purification, illumination, and union. This is even beyond our idea of god, so he does not call it god but simply says the absolute, or the ultimate reality, beyond time, which ever was and ever will be. Author of the infinite way, living the infinite way, the art of meditation, conscious union with god, beyond words and thoughts, man was not born to cry, our spiritual resources, the art of spiritual healing. The teachings are ancient, but the way he interprets them helps you to recognize and realize their significance in a very practical way. When you become the christ consciousness as jesus did, you merge with your holy christ self. The child of cosmic birth is referred to in alchemy as the true self, and it is created from a union known as the sacred marriage of dualities. Yet each experience answered, and does answer to something within each individual soulentity. Affect and ascent in the theology of bonaventure the harvard community has made this article openly available. Mysticism the true meaning of mysticism is any philosophy or religion that teaches oneness with god. Asoneturnsoverthe pagesofthislittlework,written byblessedalbertthegreat1to wardstheendofhislife,when thatgreatsoulhadripenedand matured,onefeelsthathereindeed istheidealofoneshopes. Along with writing his doctoral dissertation on union with christ in the theology of john calvin, he is also the author of one with christ. Humankind is being led along an evolving course, through this migration of. You have to be awakened to the truth that i and my father are the same one.
Each one of us has within us our own degree of realization of that mind which was also in christ jesus. Union with god begins with putting ourselves under our fathers loving gaze and listening to his words. When we reach the place in meditation where we become consciously one with our inner being, we are automatically one with the entire spiritual universe the universe of the past, the present, and the future. The self begins with the permanent atom of being, the cause out of which the effect proceeds. And if we are children we are heirs of god and coheirs with christ. We call this cause the i am that i am, the presence. Goldsmith 7 editions first published in 1960 download daisy. Most people in the west, and also many in india, confuse yoga with hatha yoga, the system of bodily postures. Rumi, one of the most wellknown sufis, spoke highly of the practice of deep conscious breathing hosh dar dam or habjedaem. Your holy christ self higher consciousness keys to. God has given us his own spirit, his own consciousness. The name is relevant only in so far as it resonates with you. In this anthology john white brings together a diverse collection of writings by contemporary thinkers such as aldous huxley, p.
Remember, the essential premise of the cayce philosophy is that we are all attempting to manifest the christ consciousness in the earth. Thus the three ways are not successive stages of spiritual development, but parallel methods of action at every stage. Etymologically, it is connected to the english word, yoke. The word behold is more than a casual one time glance. Eight powerful spiritual heart practices of sufi meditation. His parents were nonpracticing jews, who were married in new. It is a conscious, continuous engagement of the mind with god. Twins flame will begin to merge from the minute they first spot each other but this is a long, sometimes arduous process. Image not found or type unknown conscious union with god is most popular ebook you. That word of god is already embodied in your consciousness, and this truth, which is already your consciousness, is now being unveiled to you within you.
In the scientific world we know of the unified field, in spiritual philosophy we refer to the all or universal consciousness and in religion we call upon god who himself goes by many names jehovah, allah and brahman to mention but a few. Preface surelythe mostdeeply rootedneedofthehuman soul,itspurestaspiration,isfor theclosestpossibleunionwith god. Sacred marriage combining the divine feminine and divine. As with everything else in sufism, the emphasis is on remembering god, so, in the sufi breathing practices, one attempts to remain in god s presence with every breath. Unless god is my consciousness, there will be no truth expressing itself through, or as, me. An evangelical theology of salvation and the coauthor with john c. The understanding of the self is the most important insight that any individual can have in life.
It means a continual, intense and heated gaze at god. The last four levels transcendental, cosmic, god and unity consciousness are usually not available. It really means becoming christ, or becoming divinethat god s god ness is experienced and known not as something outside and separate, but as a part of our own being. He was to live from his spirit and be conscious of the heavenly realm, but from his spirit bring order to everything in his physical body and.
Pdf conscious union with god at complete pdf library. To experience divine union in all its power and beauty is to participate in the dance of creation. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Becoming god doesnt mean we become allknowing, allpowerful, or that we remember saying let there be light. Give it a title such as how to get more health, wealth, and happiness, and. Mysticism reveals the possibility of receiving impartations or guidance directly from god, of communing with god, of being consciously atone with god, and receiving good from god. Union with christ, nature of saints, communion with god eating christs body sharing in christ sharing being thankful for blessings thanksgiving and gratitude the blood of. The mystical heart of the worlds religions is the identity of the true self. God created man from the dust of the earth and breathed into him the life of god. Your conscious oneness with god makes everything in this world available the moment that you need it. The union of the twin flames is the ultimate alchemical marriage. Mankind was created in union with god and in union with the earth. Jesus begins the journey by awakening his disciples to the fathers loving presence all around them.